Newman Grove, NE
Newman Grove, NE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Newman Grove's 574 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newman Grove's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Newman Grove's building exposure, zone by zone
87.5% of Newman Grove's 574 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Newman Grove against the rest of the country
Newman Grove's risk sits at a similar level relative to Nebraska (41st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (55th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newman Grove ranks 14,337 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,187 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nebraska alone, it ranks 342 of 583 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nebraska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Newman Grove's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 87.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Newman Grove gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newman Grove's 14,337-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Newman Grove, see the exposure-zones guide.